Video: teacher describes stress he and his teacher wife feel about dangerous classroom conditions. He spent Xmas preparing for online classes
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‘Extreme concern’: UK reports record 53,000 Covid-19 cases as experts warn of ‘dangerous new phase’ in pandemic
The UK reported 53,135 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, its highest daily total of the entire pandemic, as the country braces for the tightening of health measures in a renewed effort to stem the rising tide of infections. There More...
Sex Workers Mobilise Against ‘Dangerous’ Bill Set to Criminalise Clients
Parliament has passed a controversial bill proposing the UK adopts the ‘Nordic model’ for its laws on sex work. The bill, brought by Labour MP Diana Johnson on Wednesday, is opposed by sex workers and groups More...
UN removes cannabis from list of dangerous drugs, opening door for further research and legalization
A United Nations commission has finally decided that medicinal cannabis is less dangerous than risky narcotics such as heroin. The long-delayed decision paves the way for further research and strengthens legalization More...
London livid as more than 35 ‘dangerous’ Jamaican criminals avoid deportation flight after last-minute legal challenges
The UK immigration minister has blasted lawyers’ tactics after their eleventh-hour legal challenges prevented more than 35 Jamaican murderers, rapists and other criminals from being deported on Wednesday morning. Speaking More...
UK’s military spending boost will make the world more dangerous
Body: Boris Johnson announces billions for the defence industry, peanuts for climate action and nothing to tackle child poverty, writes Andrew Smith. military spending. United Kingdom Contributor: Andrew More...
‘Dangerous precedent’: Palestinian premier warns Pompeo over settlement visit
‘Dangerous precedent’: Palestinian premier warns Pompeo over settlement visit Mike Pompeo’s visit, a first for a US secretary of state, will ‘legitimise’ Israeli settlements More...
Pay people to take Covid-19 vaccine argues leading ethicist, though others warn it would set ‘dangerous precedent’
A leading ethicist has proposed financial and other incentives to increase coronavirus vaccination rates, though many of his contemporaries fear this would set a dangerous precedent with potentially disastrous consequences. This More...
‘Heavily armed and dangerous’ terrorists on the loose after Vienna attack – Austrian interior minister
Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer has said that special forces have been on a hunt for “presumed terrorists” who wrought havoc in Vienna, killing at least one, describing the attackers as “heavily armed” More...
Tory Lawyer-Bashing Is a Long-Held Tradition – With Dangerous Consequences
On 17 January 1989, in a parliamentary debate about proposed counter-terrorism laws, Home Office minister Douglas Hogg made the following comment: “I have to state as a fact, but with great regret, that there More...
